A civic group is advocating for Toronto to adopt congestion pricing, following the route taken by cities such as New York, London, Stockholm and Singapore. Article content
It’s a tactic aimed at reducing traffic in downtowns, with the collected congestion fees meant to go toward improving public transit and urban infrastructure. Article content
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The new organization called Build Toronto , launched by national non-profit organization Build Canada , is suggesting a congestion charge of $15 per vehicle to drive in the downtown core.
The congestion pricing suggestion was put forward in a memo, “Keep Toronto Moving With Congestion Pricing” posted to the Build Toronto website and written by Jamie McDonald , CEO of A2X, a firm that provides ac